семьдесят

Russian edit

Russian numbers (edit)
700
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7
    Cardinal: се́мьдесят (sémʹdesjat)
    Ordinal: семидеся́тый (semidesjátyj)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 70-ый (70-yj)

Etymology edit

Compounded from семь (semʹ) +‎ де́сять (désjatʹ), literally seven tens. Де́сят was the Old East Slavic genitive plural, which is required by numbers пять (pjatʹ, 5) and up.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲemʲdʲɪsʲɪt]
  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲemdʲɪsʲɪt] (phonetic respelling: се́мдесят)
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  • (colloquial or fast speech) IPA(key): [ˈsʲemʲɪsʲɪt] (phonetic respelling: се́месят)
  • (colloquial or fast speech) IPA(key): [ˈsʲemʲɪst] (phonetic respelling: се́мест)

Numeral edit

се́мьдесят (sémʹdesjat)

  1. seventy (70)

Usage notes edit

семьдесят (semʹdesjat) in the nominative case and accusative case governs the genitive plural of the noun. In other cases, it governs the corresponding plural case of the noun.

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